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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紙* | 紙* | *紙
paper (CL:張|张,) / classifier for documents, letters etc
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation) / (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive / a roll / classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *張* | 張* | *張
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
HSK 3
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
first author (of an academic paper) (abbr. for 第一作者)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *團* | 團* | *團
round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
HSK 3
test paper; examination paper
HSK 7-9
examination paper / test paper / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
paper towel / napkin / facial tissue / CL: 張|张,
rock-paper-scissors (hand game)
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
to flatten out (paper, film, metal plates etc)
first author (of an academic paper)
corresponding author (of an academic paper)
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
paper flower
lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
paper clip
paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch
written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
HSK 6
to burn joss paper / (fig.) to flush money down the toilet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磅* | 磅* | *磅
scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) / (Tw) (printing) pound; ream weight (used to describe paper thickness)
HSK 7-9
toilet paper / bathroom tissue
wrapping paper
to review (a paper or manuscript)
blueprint / drawing / design plans / graph paper
HSK 7-9
to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) / to stand out markedly
katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)
folder / file (paper)
paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) / CL: 張|张, 紮|扎
HSK 7-9
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
reviewer (of a paper)
blank exam paper
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
waste paper
piece of paper with short note / short letter
finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哧* | 哧* | *哧
(onom.) giggling / breathing / tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc
rock-paper-scissors (game)
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
print media / (old) paper taper used to light a cigarette etc
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
photocopier paper
recycled paper
paper tiger
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
thin foil to make paper money for the dead
short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute
papers / stack of paper
cardboard; stiff paper
to paste materials (such as paper, fabric or silk) onto walls or artworks for decoration or preservation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *令* | 令* | *令
classifier for a ream of paper
paper crane
to draw together / to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of paper etc)
false paper money burned as an offering to the dead
to put pen to paper
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
paper
notebook / paper notepad / laptop computer
recycled paper
paper docket confirming a transaction
joss paper
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
trimmer / paper cutter
toilet paper
lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom) / fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
exam paper; test paper (CL:張|张)
letter / letter paper
paper products / stationery
scrap paper
a piece, scrap or fragment of paper
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
paper cutting
correction fluid (loanword from "Liquid Paper") (Tw)
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
rice paper / membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc
paper cup
paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead)
piece of paper with short note / short letter
to try to smooth things over / to paper over the issues / to gloss things over
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *榖* | 榖* | *榖
paper mulberry tree
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *構* | 構* | *構
to construct / to form / to make up / to compose / literary composition / paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
(old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud
bank notes / paper currency / CL: 張|张
ash from burnt paper
paper cone used as hailer
green paper (government report proposing policies and inviting discussion)
paper made from silkworm cocoons
toilet paper
to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over
form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
draft paper
paper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
paper shredder
to paper a wall

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